Ticket Purchase Instructions

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Open to all alumni, former students, friends and current and prospective HPU students.

Every year, HPU hosts a weekend dedicated to our families. This event is an opportunity for you to experience a weekend at HPU and be a part of your student’s college experience.

Registration

Registration can preferably be submitted online (see link below) or by downloading and printing the Paper Registration Form 2015 and mailing it to the address below.

Registration: $20 per person, if postmarked or submitted by August 31st (after August 31, add $5 per person). Your HPU Student attends events for free with your registration which includes entrance into the below events.

11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. – Family Weekend Lunch, Gordon Wood Stadium

This exciting, one-day event provides all future Yellow Jackets the opportunity to get to know Howard Payne University better. Sting ’Em Saturday is being held in conjunction with Family Weekend, an exciting campus event for current students and their families. Get to learn about life as a Yellow Jacket first-hand from current students and their families, as well as faculty and staff.

Camp Bowie Symposium

General Information

On September 16-18, 2015, Tarleton State University will join with Howard Payne University and the Brown County Museum of History in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the establishment of Camp Bowie in Brownwood. Camp Bowie, commissioned for construction in Brown County on September 19, 1940, was the first major military project in Texas during WWII. It was a major training location for the famed 36th Division, and over 250,000 troops served or trained at the facility from 1940-1946. The site also included a large German POW camp.

Registration

Presentations

The Symposium will offer presentations on Camp Bowie, the history of military installations in Texas, the legacy and contributions of those who served in WWII from the region, and other related topics. The event is already attracting attention around the region and the state, and will be an academic forum for faculty, students, military scholars, researchers, dignitaries and residents.

If you would like to submit a presentation proposal in any of the related areas listed above, please send a working title and abstract to morrow@tarleton.edu by August 15.

Resolutions Passed by the Texas Legislature

During the 84th Session of the Texas Legislature, resolutions were passed by both the House and Senate honoring the anniversary of the establishment of Camp Bowie and recognizing this commemorative event. You can view the resolutions at the links below.

Senate – SR 800

House – HR

Camp Bowie Tours

We have arranged for tours of the Camp Bowie area to be provided during the event by City and Rural Rides. Once the website is available, registration will include the fees and times. This will provide an opportunity for a guided tour of the main area of the camp including structures still in place.

Museum Exhibit Opening and Other Events

An official opening of the new exhibit will be held on Thursday evening September 17 followed by a banquet commemorating the anniversary. More details on the program of these events will be forthcoming, but invitations are being extended to dignitaries to participate. The plans for the banquet include a color guard, music, a video presentation and more.

The event is connected to the Brownwood Reunion which will be held on September 18-20. On Saturday, September 19, the Museum will sponsor a Living History camp from WWII, tours of the new exhibit, and a memorial at Camp Bowie.

For interviews and information on sponsorships and the symposium please contact the following coordinators from each institution:

Tarleton State University

Yellow Jacket Mondays at Howard Payne University are one-day preview events open to all interested, prospective students and their parents! Visiting YJM students can experience academic and social life and get to know HPU better!

Yellow Jacket Mondays at Howard Payne University are one-day preview events open to all interested, prospective students and their parents! Visiting YJM students can experience academic and social life and get to know HPU better!